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Jean-Paul Vignon, Stylish French Vocalist and Actor, Dies at 89
Jean-Paul Vignon, the romantic French vocalist and actor who impressed audiences on both sides of the Atlantic during an eight-decade career, died March 22 of liver cancer in Beverly Hills, his family announced. He was 89. Performing a repertoire of contemporary pop and American standards, Vignon debuted in the U.S. in 1963 at the famed […]
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Lizzo Clarifies She’s Not Quitting Music: “I Quit Giving Any Negative Energy Attention”
Lizzo clarified her cryptic “I quit” comments Tuesday, telling fans she is not leaving music or social media. “When I say ‘I quit,’ I mean I quit giving any negative energy attention,” the singer said in a video posted to Instagram. Last week, she left fans guessing with a social media post saying she was […]
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Travis Kelce on Kelce Jam and What He Learned From Taylor Swift About Live Events: “Enjoy the People”
Travis Kelce is following his back-to-back Super Bowl wins with the return of his music festival Kelce Jam. Lil Wayne, Diplo and 2 Chainz will perform at the May 18 event taking place at The Azura Amphitheater in Kansas City, Kansas. Fans can register online at KelceJam.com for presale tickets, which start at $49.99 and […]
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Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Boosts Streams for Black Country Acts on Spotify (Exclusive)
Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter is galloping on Spotify and bringing other Black country-based artists for the ride. Since the album’s release on Friday, the number of first-time listeners for acts like Brittney Spencer, Reyna Roberts and Shaboozey — who all appear on Cowboy Carter — has increased in the past week. Spencer saw an uptick of […]
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Jon Batiste Applauds Beyoncé for Breaking Down Music Barriers With Her Country Album
Jon Batiste is giving high praise to Beyoncé, with whom he collaborated on a new country music album, Cowboy Carter. Beyoncé dropped the 27-track album Friday, but she made history last month with the release of single “Texas Hold ‘Em,” which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart. That made her the […]
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Beyoncé Sends Flowers to Black Female Artists in Country: “Thank You for Opening Doors for Me”
Beyoncé is making sure her fellow Black female artists in the country space are getting their flowers too. Amid the release of her highly-anticipated country album Cowboy Carter on Friday, the Grammy-winning singer sent flowers and cards with sweet messages to K. Michelle and Mickey Guyton to show her appreciation for what they have already […]
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Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Is Spotify’s Most-Streamed Album in One Day in 2024
Beyoncé’s newest album Cowboy Carter is already setting records. Not even 24 hours after its release, Spotify revealed that the Grammy-winning artist’s country album became its most-streamed album in a single day in 2024 so far. The music giant also noted that it was the first time a country album had held that title this […]
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Billie Eilish Slams Artists Who Put Out Multiple Unique Vinyls of Their Albums: “It’s So Wasteful”
Billie Eilish isn’t here for artists who put out multiple unique vinyls for their albums, unless they do so in a sustainable way. The Grammy winner and her mom, Maggie Baird, recently sat down with Billboard to discuss how she’s constantly fighting for sustainability in her career — and has been since before she became […]
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20 Singers Who Made the Move to Country Music
The arrival of Beyoncé’s Act II: Cowboy Carter on Friday marks the singer’s most formidable move to country music since the inception of her beloved career in the 1990s. Act II is a follow-up to Beyoncé’s Renaissance, released in 2022 to universal acclaim and later toured across the globe in summer 2023. Act II includes […]
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Beyoncé Releases ‘Cowboy Carter’ Album
Beyoncé has officially released Act II: Cowboy Carter, the follow-up to her Grammy-winning album Renaissance. Featuring a 27-song tracklist, this is not only Beyoncé’s first country album, but it’s also the second installment in a potential trilogy or series of albums beginning with Renaissance. Earlier this week, she released the complete tracklist on her Instagram, which includes a […]
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Big Time Rush’s Carlos PenaVega Says It Was “Really Hard” Having One Direction Open Their Tour
Carlos PenaVega is looking back at his first time touring nationally with Big Time Rush and admitted that it was actually “really hard” having fellow boy band One Direction as their opening act. The singer-actor — who makes up one-fourth of the American pop group alongside Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow and Logan Henderson — recently […]
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50 Cent Denies Ex Daphne Joy’s Rape and Abuse Allegations
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has denied allegations that he raped and physically abused his ex-girlfriend, Daphne Joy. A rep for the rapper shared in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday afternoon, “The disturbing allegations in the sworn pleadings recently filed in a court case related to Daphne Joy the mother of my twelve […]
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Diddy’s Ex Yung Miami Accused of Flying “Pink Cocaine” to Mogul in Lawsuit Add-On
Sean “Diddy” Combs’s ex-girlfriend Yung Miami is now being roped into his legal troubles, accused of transporting narcotics for him in additions filed Monday to Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones’ lawsuit against the rapper-mogul, according to updated court documents. Caresha Romeka Brownlee, 30, is accused of transporting the drug referred to as “pink cocaine” for Combs […]
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Beyoncé Releases Tracklist for ‘Cowboy Carter,’ Including “Jolene” Cover and Willie Nelson
Pop superstar Beyoncé has released the tracklist for her latest album, a foray into country music titled Cowboy Carter, which is set for release on Thursday and will include a cover of a beloved Dolly Parton classic and a guest appearance from genre legend Willie Nelson. The tracklist was revealed on the singer’s Instagram account […]
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Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Lawyer on Raids: “There Was a Gross Overuse of Military-Level Force”
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyer says the music mogul cooperated with authorities after his homes were raided by federal agents, but adds that “there was a gross overuse of military-level force” used when the raids occurred. A month after Combs was sued for sex trafficking and other allegations, agents raided the Grammy winner’s homes on Monday […]
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Elliot Page Denounces “Devastating” Rollback of LGBTQ2+ Rights at 2024 Juno Awards
Elliot Page came to the Junos Awards on Sunday night to denounce a rollback of LGBTQ2+ rights after the Umbrella Academy star came out as transgender and nonbinary at the end of 2020. “We are at a time in history where the rights of LGBTQ2+ people are being revoked, restricted and eliminated throughout the […]
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